Tuesday, January 23, 2018

My Logophile File ***********************************************************

 1.) Ultracrepidarian  - expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise

2.) Maladroit -  unskillful awkward; bungling; tactless; lacking in adroitness: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit; way.


3.) Sesquipedalianism is the tendency to use long words.

4.)  Mondegreens. A mondegreen is a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of another word or phrase that we hear—with amusing results.


5.) Q Quodlibet  a subtle or elaborate argument or point of 
debate



6.)  cerebrate. (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments. Synonyms: cogitate, think

7.) tzimmes  fuss; uproar; hullabaloo: 

8. Peculate  

to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle


9.) Benight  In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.

11.) Deracinate. 1.to isolate or alienate (a person) from a native or customary culture or environment.










No comments:

Post a Comment

Black Fragility (Def.) by Mark Dice

  Discomfort and defensiveness on the part of some black people who live in a predominately White culture. Due to fixating on long gone past...